The European Commission s science and knowledge service Joint Research Centre Reconnecting innovators! The Power of compatriots abroad for domestic innovation ecosystems WIRE 2018 Conference, Innsbruck, 5 July 2018 Jürgen Haberleithner - Visiting Scientist JRC B.3 Territorial Development https://s3platform.jrc.ec.europa.eu/
Smart Specialisation and Cohesion Policy REGULATION (EU) 1303/2013 Applies to the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) Ex-ante conditionality: RIS3 need to be in place before receiving the financial support of the European Regional Development Fund on research and innovation A national or regional RIS3: is based on a SWOT or similar analysis to concentrate resources on a limited set of research and innovation priorities outlines measures to stimulate private RTD investment contains a monitoring mechanism
Smart Specialisation Platform Created in 2011 to provide science-based advice to EU national and regional policy-makers for the establishment and implementation of their Research & Innovation Strategies for Smart Specialisation (RIS3), 174 EU and 15 Non-EU regions registered. Making better use of the European Structural and Investment Funds (ESIF) and thus contribute to the Europe goals of a smarter, greener and more inclusive European economy. Promote Transnational learning, Interregional collaboration & partnerships via: Supporting tools: Regional priorities (Eye@RIS3), Regional Benchmarking, ICT Monitoring, Digital Innovation Hubs Guidance: RIS3 Guide, Implementation Handbook, Digital Agenda Toolbox, Good Practice Examples, FAQs Analysis: Conceptual and empirical developments, Policy Briefs, Peer Reviews, Working Papers 2017 JRC Award for excellence 2017 European Public Sector Award (EPSA) best practice recognition #S3Worldwide
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Science and Innovation Diasporas Science and innovation actors with migration background and connected to a diaspora network Relevant Actors of the knowledge-based economy Relevant Actors of Science Diplomacy Place-based knowledge host country / region of origin Transregional, -national and continental actors S&I Ambassadors of their countries/regions Interest in their countries/regions of origin
16 European countries have formed diasporas Spain Turkey Austria Slovenia Belgium Slovakia Croatia Portugal France Poland Germany Italy Greece Israel Ireland Hungary The Netherlands
Country Scientific Diasporas Membership AUSTRIA Austrian scientists and scholars in the USA, Canada and Mexico (ASCINA) 1302 Research and Innovation Network Austria (RINA) 3035 BELGIUM Belgian American Network (BAN) 96 Belgian Business Network North America (BBNNA) 226 CROATIA Association of Croatian American Professionals (ACAP) 600 FRANCE France at NIH (fr@nih) 105 Networking Event in Science and Technology (NEST) 350 GERMANY German Academic International Network (GAIN) 6000 GREECE Hellenic Bioscientific Association in the USA (HBA-USA) 500 HUNGARY New York Hungarian Scientific Society (NYHSS) 480 Neumann Society 333
Country Scientific Diasporas Membership IRELAND ISRAEL ITALY POLAND PORTUGAL SLOVAKIA SLOVENIA SPAIN TURKEY Wild Geese Network of Irish Scientists (WGNIS) ScienceAbroad, the organization of Israeli scientists abroad Italian Scientists and Scholars of North America (ISSNAF) Polish Institute of Arts and Sciences of America (PIASA) Portuguese-American Postgraduate Society (PAPS) Virtual Slovak Incubator (VISIoN) American Slovenian Education Foundation (ASEF) Association of Slovenes Educated Abroad (ASEA) Spanish Scientists in the USA (ECUSA) Turkish American Scientists and Scholars Association (TASSA) 644 1400 3893 910 2000 167 1269 35 900 4900
16 countries = 20 networks TOTAL: approx. 30,000 European scientists Structure: 12 Non-profit organizations Presence: 10 North America, 12 (also) Europe Mentoring program: 5 (ASCINA, HBA-USA, ISSNAF, PAPS & ECUSA) National Science Foundation (NSF): approximately 100,000 European-born researchers in the USA.
Examples: Spain, Italy & Ireland Members: 900 Gender: 51% Female, 49% Male Country of residence: 89% US, 10% Spain Career stage: 42% postdocs, 16% associate prof, 4% full prof, 37% other Research field: 42% biology/natural sciences, 21% medicine, 12% engineering, 8% ICT Members: 3,893 Gender: 63% Male, 37% Female Country of residence: USA, Canada, Europe Career stage: 8% MA, 6% PhD Candidates, 51% PhD, 28% prof Research field: 47% medicine/biology, 15% humanities, 13% engineering & ICT, 11% physics/chemistry/math Members: 644 Country of residence: 55% US, 40% Ireland, 2% Canada, 3% Other Career stage: 40% postdocs/graduate students, 35% mid-career, 25% senior Research field: 40% life sciences/health, 20% environmental sciences, 20% physics/chemistry
Staying connected to Europe Staying connected to Europe
Opportunities for strategic networking in Research, Technology and Innovation between Austria and North America OSTA Exploratory Study Office of Science and Technology Austria (OSTA) is Austria's main public instrument for Science Diplomacy Research and Innovation Network Austria (RINA) and Austrian Scientists and Scholars in North America (ASCINA) association, the largest Austrian science and innovation diaspora network beyond Europe. The research, technology and innovation (RTI) strategy of the federal government Becoming an Innovation Leader core document for Smart Specialisation in Austria Complementary document Beyond Europe : Internationalisation Increasing demand has been identified within the RINA to (re-)connect the Austrian research and innovation diaspora with Austria and Europe OSTA launched a study to explore this demand on both sides of the Atlantic and to study possible activities
Methodology Exploratory character of the study, since there was no specific data available on the target population To achieve a systematisation of the contents, semi-structured interviews were carried out with 27 top leading, Europe- and US-based experts with origins from Austria, Canada, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Spain and Turkey, as well as EU representatives in North America. Based on the results of these interviews an online survey was developed and pretested with 30 RINA members in North America, as part of the target population. Currently the online survey is applied in the whole RINA Network The survey was designed to get personal and professional background information and to explore specific interests related to the career development of the target population.
STI Experts in Europe 15 STI Experts in North America 12 CAREER PLATFORM EUROPEAN DIMENSION DOUBLE AFFILIATION INTERESTS AND MOTIVES WORKING CONDITIONS BRAIN CIRCULATION MIGRATION STATUS AND SCIENTIFIC EXCELLENCE LIFE QUALITY IN AUSTRIA TOTAL 27 TOPICS AND CONCEPTS MENTIONED BY EXPERTS DUAL CAREER MENTORING MOBILITY NETWORKING LOBBYING 2 2 4 4 4 4 4 5 5 6 6 7 9 13 Expert-Interviews Results BRAIN CIRCULATION; 14,8 DUAL CAREER; 22,2 DOUBLE AFFILIATION; 25,9 EUROPEAN DIMENSION; 33,3 INTERESTS AND MOTIVES; 18,5 PERCENTAGE OF TOPICS AND CONCEPTS WORKING CONDITIONS; 14,8 SCIENTIFIC EXCELLENCE; 14,8 NETWORKING; 14,8 MOBILITY; 18,5 CAREER PLATFORM; 48,1 MIGRATION STATUS AND RECOGNITION; 14,8 MENTORING; 22,2 LOBBYING ; 7,4 LIFE QUALITY IN AUSTRIA; 7,4 0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14
Expert-Interviews Results STI Experts in Europe STI Experts in North America 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0
Selected results OSTA Online Survey 67% USA 20% Canada - 13% Mexico 40% would like to develop (more) STI projects with Austrian actors 47% would like to be (better) re-connected with STI actors in Austria 53% would like to be (better) connected with Austrian STI actors in North America 80% Membership is important in networks, organisations and institutions - 93% Networking and personal contacts are important Priority ranking of seven pre-selected career indicators: moving back to Austria or Europe had the penultimate position
Why the Diaspora is important for S3? Human resources in the system as a key for RIS3 success Global/Worldwide Dimension of Smart Specialisation Internationalisation of regions: outward-looking Entrepreneurial Discovery Process (EDP) Post 2020 perspective Regions and cities call for a new Smart Specialisation 2.0 built on interregional cooperation (European Committee of the Regions CoR, 2018) Mission-orientated approach in FP9, the European Union should as much as possible build upon the instruments and platforms that are already in place, Smart Specialisation platform,. (DG Research and Innovation report, 2018)
Why the Diaspora is important for S3? Connecting EU enlargement and neighbourhood countries to their S&I diaspora networks could be beneficial for developing smart specialisation strategies in these countries. Involvement of such networks in the entrepreneurial discovery process and "polishing" of priority domains would enable countries to strengthen the process by absorbing experiences and using knowledge from the "brain drain" in identified priority areas. For example, using knowledge from diaspora involved in software engineering in the USA to identify subsectors of software industry as a priority domain of a native country could raise the quality of the entrepreneurial discovery process for that domain. Countries with S3 strategy developed could link up with such networks in already identified priority domain areas in order to engage them in more focused activities of these areas.
Thank you! Contact details: jurgen.haberleithner@ext.ec.europa.eu jurgenhaberleithner@ucol.mx Smart specialisation platform: http://s3platform.jrc.ec.europa.eu #S3Worldwide Twitter: @S3Platform